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from "the national journal "-- the richard nixon inaugurals parade a pesticide to get rid of pigeons. calvin coolidge was sworn in by his own father and ulysses s. grant wanted canaries at his ball. planners did not plan for and there were called temperatures, 100 birds for to doubt that day. that is according to "the national journal." back to your calls -- cincinnati, ohio, democrats line, good morning. caller: good morning, i am one of her biggest fans. this president is so scrutinized. he has done the best that he could to bring the country back to -- tried to bring the country back to normalcy. he has had a lot to deal with. he has a lot to clean up. because of his predecessor. maybe you and me will be dead before racism and hate -- is a thing of the past. i want to live and as society -- in a society where"star trek" is a reality. host: here is a headline from "the washington post" -- the next to that is about the preparations and our nation's capital including a photograph of the president as he began his day of service yesterday. caller: good morning, all. you read something f
from "the national journal "-- the richard nixon inaugurals parade a pesticide to get rid of pigeons. calvin coolidge was sworn in by his own father and ulysses s. grant wanted canaries at his ball. planners did not plan for and there were called temperatures, 100 birds for to doubt that day. that is according to "the national journal." back to your calls -- cincinnati, ohio, democrats line, good morning. caller: good morning, i am one of her biggest fans. this president is...
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bush four years ago at the start of his second term and better than richard nixon. but you can see the president's approval rating is a lot lower than some other predecessors like bill clinton, ronald reagan, lyndon johnson, eisenhower and truman. another way to see how he stacks up against his predecessors. look at this number. how things going in the country. 49% say things are going well in the country right now. how does that stack up against president bush four years ago? 58%. a higher number for clinton in his second tem and reagan in his second term. >> when you look at how the country is divided, one has to imagine and we've been told, that he's going to talk about a hopeful speech. a unifying speech. but not many more details than that. what kind of statistics do you see when we look at the divisions within the country? >> brand new numbers from cnn/orc. we asked if the country was more deeply divided now than in the past? 76% say yes. only 22% say no. here's another way to visualize it. here's the next number. we ask, do you hope that the the president's p
bush four years ago at the start of his second term and better than richard nixon. but you can see the president's approval rating is a lot lower than some other predecessors like bill clinton, ronald reagan, lyndon johnson, eisenhower and truman. another way to see how he stacks up against his predecessors. look at this number. how things going in the country. 49% say things are going well in the country right now. how does that stack up against president bush four years ago? 58%. a higher...
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nixon water gate, reagan iran/contra. we have the impeachment, which we also addressed, of president clinton. george w. bush had hurricane katrina and all the malfeasance that came as a result of that, the beginning of the great recession. so is this just recent look -- when you look in history, are there others that have had this same sort of precedence? >> yeah, and i think the biggest theme is that oftentimes -- and not true this time -- a second-term president feels fear, oftentimes he won't have enough power to do the things he wants. franklin roosevelt in 1937 got in the biggest landslide in presidential history. the congress was more democratic than it had been in that century, has ever been since then, yet he saw the supreme court overruling program after program of his so he decided to come back and ask congress to be able to pack the courts with justices of his own choosing. they slapped it down, had a lot to do with that being a miserable term nap's what barack obama was talking about when he said overreach. >>
nixon water gate, reagan iran/contra. we have the impeachment, which we also addressed, of president clinton. george w. bush had hurricane katrina and all the malfeasance that came as a result of that, the beginning of the great recession. so is this just recent look -- when you look in history, are there others that have had this same sort of precedence? >> yeah, and i think the biggest theme is that oftentimes -- and not true this time -- a second-term president feels fear, oftentimes...
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in nixon's case-- and i think bob woodward can speak on this, too-- at the beginning of his time he had both houses of congress in democratic hands. he was turning to something called impoundment saying i'm just not going to spend the money for these bills, these acts, these agencies that democrats are voting for in the house and senate and even in the absence of watergate it's possible that that could have gone to impeachment. >> rose: jon meacham in nashville, thomas jonathan van everyson after a successful first term in which the louisiana purchase was dominant he goes into the second term and what happens? >> well his second inaugural address is largely an attack on the press so he set a tone there. every subsequent president has wanted to do that, may not have pulled it off. he ran into the possibility of war with great britain and imposed what many historians believed to be-- beginning with henry adams-- a disastrous economic embargo that expanded the power of the presidency in ways that would have made the -- a younger thomas jefferson's head explode. the president literally had
in nixon's case-- and i think bob woodward can speak on this, too-- at the beginning of his time he had both houses of congress in democratic hands. he was turning to something called impoundment saying i'm just not going to spend the money for these bills, these acts, these agencies that democrats are voting for in the house and senate and even in the absence of watergate it's possible that that could have gone to impeachment. >> rose: jon meacham in nashville, thomas jonathan van...
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richard nixon did. we are reminded, it is rare that it goes up markedly from there. it usually stays or goes down. what do you hear he will do to keep that capital going? >> back capital, as you say, tends to go, depending on how the country goes. if the economy is improving, the president will take a measure of credit for that. he has shown some willingness, at least, in some areas to compromise. the problem is much of the same themes you are still hearing from both parties. no one will give up their principles going into this. they can continue pushing from their side. they will not give up their principles. you are hearing the same from the white house. this speech almost seems like a response to the words spoken years ago with ronald reagan. in this speech, it was very much a defensive government. when we are together, we act effectively. we need the government to act effectively and take us out of the problems that we have been having. neil: thank you very much. one of the consequential acts of a new president, this president will be, among others, cementing his
richard nixon did. we are reminded, it is rare that it goes up markedly from there. it usually stays or goes down. what do you hear he will do to keep that capital going? >> back capital, as you say, tends to go, depending on how the country goes. if the economy is improving, the president will take a measure of credit for that. he has shown some willingness, at least, in some areas to compromise. the problem is much of the same themes you are still hearing from both parties. no one will...
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and followed with five more lower missions. >> the archive will look back at nixon's support for the space program. the new exhibit will open today. it will include the telephone nixon used to talk to the apollo 11 astronauts after their moon landing. a speech drafted in case of disaster, and items used to collect more rocks. >> flat screen tv manufacturer vizio is coming out with the new windows eight tablets its latest product will be in stores in march and the pricing has not announced, it is expected to sail for route $800. >>vizios high-definition tablets has an 11.6 in. screen and the full version of windows 8. >> by comparison, microsoft you're on timeout leo! $1,000 ad features some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof! some things will. will be back with more strongroer so s hol h up u be. vebeit''s now noilt ilth tth soshiesh™ lers.er when wenet, ne, angeansoftso is oisne, tw, thr t mes merongro than tanhe lea lng vngue buend.d well dllone, ae,els!el than tanhe lea lng vngue buend.d strostnger, erlds ld bet br... now stw rongernghan haer.er. some things won't last 25 year
and followed with five more lower missions. >> the archive will look back at nixon's support for the space program. the new exhibit will open today. it will include the telephone nixon used to talk to the apollo 11 astronauts after their moon landing. a speech drafted in case of disaster, and items used to collect more rocks. >> flat screen tv manufacturer vizio is coming out with the new windows eight tablets its latest product will be in stores in march and the pricing has not...
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president nixon in the early 1960's went to china. that seems like ancient history but that was straight against the core of the republican party at that time. that was something that was inconceivable for a republican president to do, given the history of mainland china and taiwan, as they were both -- as they were both called. so there have been many times in our history when presidents have had to do the hard work. president george h.w. bush made a budget agreement for which he -- may have caused him to lose the election in 1992 because it angered a number of republicans, but it also helped balance the budget and gave us a period of time in the 1990's when that agreement plus a good economy gave us an actual surplus of funding. i sense that there is at the white house a feeling, two things that i would like to disabuse the white house of. the first is that the budget problem isn't a real problem. i can't believe that people at the white house think that. i mean, everybody knows it is. senator mcconnell gave a very good explanation
president nixon in the early 1960's went to china. that seems like ancient history but that was straight against the core of the republican party at that time. that was something that was inconceivable for a republican president to do, given the history of mainland china and taiwan, as they were both -- as they were both called. so there have been many times in our history when presidents have had to do the hard work. president george h.w. bush made a budget agreement for which he -- may have...
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this week, we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of president richard nixon. our 37th president is often remembered for how his career ended. let's not forget he was also an extremely popular and effective president. last night his career was celebrated in washington at the mayflower hotel where the nixon foundation held a gala. among those in attendants was the former deputy director of the u.s. office of management and budget under president mix inen, he joins us live after a busy night. fred, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> steve: when you look at the people who were in attendance last night and the alumni class of the richard nixon administration, it's very impresssive. >> it really is. i myself became later a ceo of two major corporations and i'm an underachieve in this group. we have a president of the united states, vice president of the united states, four future secretaries of state, two that became secretary treasury, two that became secretary of defense, four in actual security advisors, a handful of other cabinet officers, a number of ceo'
this week, we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of president richard nixon. our 37th president is often remembered for how his career ended. let's not forget he was also an extremely popular and effective president. last night his career was celebrated in washington at the mayflower hotel where the nixon foundation held a gala. among those in attendants was the former deputy director of the u.s. office of management and budget under president mix inen, he joins us live after a...
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a centennial celebration for president nixon. and the weight is over for "downton abby." . >>> first, two front page politics. a new reaction today to the debt ceiling debate. on "meet the press," senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said they will not raise tax revenue again. he says instead the president should start working with congress to cut down on the deficit. >> the question now is will the president lead? why should we have to bring him to the table? why isn't he leading us in the direction of beginning to solve our long-term debt and deficit problem? it's perplexing to me that the president of the united states elected to lead the country is so reluctant to engage on the most important issue confronting our future. >> democratic congressman chris van holen, ranking member on the budget committee, was quick to respond. >> if senator mcconnell is going to draw the line in the sand, it's going to result in gridlock. we have to take a long-term approach to deficit reduction, meaning additional cuts. you remember during t
a centennial celebration for president nixon. and the weight is over for "downton abby." . >>> first, two front page politics. a new reaction today to the debt ceiling debate. on "meet the press," senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said they will not raise tax revenue again. he says instead the president should start working with congress to cut down on the deficit. >> the question now is will the president lead? why should we have to bring him to the...
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. >> very good. >> before nixon. >> johnson? >> johnson. round of applause. before johnson. >> kennedy. >> truman? eisenhower? >> who was before truman? >> eisenhower. >> you get to have it. we are watching the president on this very important day, the second inauguration of barack obama. great job. # >>> "morning joe." we have a shot inside the white house of the first family. returning back to the white house. now let's go across the street to lafayette park where nbc news correspondent and director and host of the daily run down chuck todd is with us. chuck, set scene. >> mr. scarborough, they're back and in about 20 minutes congressional leaders and wives will be joining the president and vice president and first family and second family for a coffee. this would be during the first inaugurals, the time where you have the outgoing president and incoming president getting together. outgoing and incoming getting together for reelection and second inaugurals. all considering that this is spouses in hand. i don't think we are loo
. >> very good. >> before nixon. >> johnson? >> johnson. round of applause. before johnson. >> kennedy. >> truman? eisenhower? >> who was before truman? >> eisenhower. >> you get to have it. we are watching the president on this very important day, the second inauguration of barack obama. great job. # >>> "morning joe." we have a shot inside the white house of the first family. returning back to the white house. now let's...
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. >> jennifer: this trip, this motorcade trip, when nixon was president, he actually wanted to make sure the route was perfectly clear of pigeons so what he ordered was that they spray the trees with this product that was called roost no more. that would make the pigeon's feet hot so they would fly away. there wouldn't be pigeon droppings on the parade route. instead of the pigeon feet getting hot, the pigeons gobbled up the roost no more so instead of dead bird poop on the ground, they had dead birds on the ground. $13,000. >> john: even nixon had an enemy's list for birds. >> he knew he was trying to cover up the bird thing. >> jennifer: it was the start of something big. let's be clear about that. >> john: hey, david, we talked earlier about president carter and his wife, rosalyn were the first president and first lady to walk the parade route. they did the whole way. the obamas famously did about six blocks back in 2009. do you think we can expect to see more -- >> jill biden looking stunning. >> jennifer: jill biden is looking -- >> john: we can talk about who she's wearing. that's
. >> jennifer: this trip, this motorcade trip, when nixon was president, he actually wanted to make sure the route was perfectly clear of pigeons so what he ordered was that they spray the trees with this product that was called roost no more. that would make the pigeon's feet hot so they would fly away. there wouldn't be pigeon droppings on the parade route. instead of the pigeon feet getting hot, the pigeons gobbled up the roost no more so instead of dead bird poop on the ground, they...
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. >> and congress overruled it, but nixon wage and price controls, jfk created the peace corps with an executive order. bush the war in iraq, stop stem cell research money, they've always done this stuff. stuart: i think the president will win on this issue, there is a clamor on the part of the public, do something. >> do something that won't help. stuart: nobody is sure what will work and what we should do, but there's a clamor to do something and the president is going to run against an ineffectual congress, an approval rating below that of a cockroach. he's on to a winner with this thing, i can't see how an executive order would be reversed or rejected. i think's going to win. >> it's intuitive reaction, we keep passing more laws, and the recovery a slower, the burden of laws, nobody knows what they are. stuart: one of the best props you've used on your show is when you show a law and what it really is and you bring on a stack, i mean, it is feet high. >> you're probably breaking a bunch. we don't know what the laws are anymore and if you're an entrepreneur, why start a business und
. >> and congress overruled it, but nixon wage and price controls, jfk created the peace corps with an executive order. bush the war in iraq, stop stem cell research money, they've always done this stuff. stuart: i think the president will win on this issue, there is a clamor on the part of the public, do something. >> do something that won't help. stuart: nobody is sure what will work and what we should do, but there's a clamor to do something and the president is going to run...
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this president, i haven't seen anyone since richard nixon being isolated, surrounded by cronies, and making up things. >> it's not ronald reagan, it's not jimmy carter, it's not even george bush. the children thing, i think, is right offer the top so he can propose things, executive actions and say i don't need the congress. i mean, he's really, he's pushing the envelope here, but as long as the press doesn't chann challenge him and as long as democrats give tax breaks to corporations, it won't be the republicans, they can't get out themselves out of a wet paper bag. >> megyn: doug? >> i differ slightly. i think if the president uses the platform for the by part shanship that we all believe-- >> that's not the what we're talking about, doug. >> we have a crisis with guns. it's one this thing to-- it's one thing to promote children in the bag for-- >> the agenda for guns. >> it's about guns and killing children, not about a political-- >> if you think that's the solution, that's not what the american people believe is the only answers. >> 90% of the american people want background che
this president, i haven't seen anyone since richard nixon being isolated, surrounded by cronies, and making up things. >> it's not ronald reagan, it's not jimmy carter, it's not even george bush. the children thing, i think, is right offer the top so he can propose things, executive actions and say i don't need the congress. i mean, he's really, he's pushing the envelope here, but as long as the press doesn't chann challenge him and as long as democrats give tax breaks to corporations, it...
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nixon? >> didn't john mccain give us sarah palin? the same person we're just talking about a couple of minutes ago. wasn't john mccain the one whose ticket included an individual who was part of the courtship of those racist voters i was just talking about earlier? so, no, he won't accept that because he saw during the campaign rallies individuals that were holding up signs that said kill then senator obama. why would you embrace someone who doesn't come out against that action? >> quickly on that last note. carol, here's the deal. i am always, and republicans are always forced to defend the worst elements that exist in this country who label themselves under the brand of republican. are there racists within the republican party? yes. are there racists within the democratic party? emphatically, yes. are there anti-semites within the democratic party? yes. we don't have to sit here on a weekly basis and say why is it that l.z. won't and democrats won't call out and ostracize the worst elements of his party over and over again. we don'
nixon? >> didn't john mccain give us sarah palin? the same person we're just talking about a couple of minutes ago. wasn't john mccain the one whose ticket included an individual who was part of the courtship of those racist voters i was just talking about earlier? so, no, he won't accept that because he saw during the campaign rallies individuals that were holding up signs that said kill then senator obama. why would you embrace someone who doesn't come out against that action? >>...
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. >> please lance armstrong, somewhere in hell nixon was screaming up: admit it already. mapman hasn't admitted anything yet. we don't know if he was in on the hoax or not. it's an important story. i am glad the media thinks dead hostages are less interesting than fake delled girlfriends in college fall which is what i learned. con cite would have looked at the manti te'o story and said was it a conservative mormon jock? fake girlfriend? gay. my confession is that i secretly go on the road with a bunch of deviant liberals and that's why we are coming with hal sparks, step knee miller and special gifts i am not allowed at gun points to reveal. >> whoa. wait a minute. we are friends. this is the full court press. we are on current t.v. together and this is friday and your show is tomorrow night. you are not going it tell us the special gifted? >> i think i am allowed to say one works in the hollywood realm and one works in the d.c. political realm. >> that's all stephanie will allow me to say. >> allen grace is showing up. come on. you know the secret mr. mr. fugelsang. >>
. >> please lance armstrong, somewhere in hell nixon was screaming up: admit it already. mapman hasn't admitted anything yet. we don't know if he was in on the hoax or not. it's an important story. i am glad the media thinks dead hostages are less interesting than fake delled girlfriends in college fall which is what i learned. con cite would have looked at the manti te'o story and said was it a conservative mormon jock? fake girlfriend? gay. my confession is that i secretly go on the...
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legalization backers have argued that the so-called war on drugs launched in 1971 by former president nixon has been an abject failure, it hasn't stemmed marijuana use and has instead saddled otherwise law-abiding pot smokers with criminal records that keeps them from getting a good job. are we witnessing a paradigm shift in this country with regards to decriminalization or even legalization? >> i think we're witnessing a paradigm change or a change. i wouldn't quite refer to it as a paradigm shift. i think the analogy with gay marriage is very instructive. both of them poll sort of roughly the same. you have slightly more americans who favor legalization than oppose. slightly more americans who favor gay marriage than oppose, and the age demographics tell the whole story. 18 to 29, wildly popular. >> true. >> 30 to 34, pretty popular, and then as you get up through the demographics until 65 and up, then it starts to become very unpopular so people have theorized in both cases that as the young cohorts age, these things will become impressively more popular. i don't think that's right. i th
legalization backers have argued that the so-called war on drugs launched in 1971 by former president nixon has been an abject failure, it hasn't stemmed marijuana use and has instead saddled otherwise law-abiding pot smokers with criminal records that keeps them from getting a good job. are we witnessing a paradigm shift in this country with regards to decriminalization or even legalization? >> i think we're witnessing a paradigm change or a change. i wouldn't quite refer to it as a...
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we've heard a lot about second term curses that have brought down richard nixon, hampered ronald reagan, bill clinton. people forget reagan was able to get tax reform, bill clinton was able to get a balanced budget. certainly a big opportunity for the president but fully aware in the white house, a lot of challenges ahead as well, jenna. >> certainly not challenges for a father. nice to see the first family, ed, and how much the girls have grown up over the last four years. what we're looking at for the president tomorrow besides the hair styles and what everybody is wearing at the inauguration is what is he going to say? what will be the address to the nation tomorrow? you mentioned some policy challenges ahead. what are you hearing about tomorrow's address and how that might set the table, if you will, for the years to come? >> true. what i'm hearing is the state of the union address next month is really where the president will go with a deeper dive on policy, whether it be gun control, immigration reform, the debt ceiling debate. tomorrow's broad scene. his senior advisor will talk
we've heard a lot about second term curses that have brought down richard nixon, hampered ronald reagan, bill clinton. people forget reagan was able to get tax reform, bill clinton was able to get a balanced budget. certainly a big opportunity for the president but fully aware in the white house, a lot of challenges ahead as well, jenna. >> certainly not challenges for a father. nice to see the first family, ed, and how much the girls have grown up over the last four years. what we're...
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a bit of mythology but people call it the second term curse and certainly in our lifetimes, richard nixon felt that when he had watergate. and certainly george w. bush must have felt the second term curse when in october of '0 , the economy tanked on him. you don't want to act like -- it's better to try to do one or two key things. with that said, i think this president like just the way eisenhower in his second term was able to talk about nasa and get nasa created, we might be able to do something with climate change, a large manhattan project like on a climate issue. he's not going to solve that, but there's a power to that and also travel second term. go to china. go to the middle east and try to become a big foreign policy president. he's getting us out of wars in iraq and afghanistan and eisenhower got us out of korea. i think ike's in the air these days. it's a -- eisenhower revision going on. >> douglas brinkley, thanks so much for coming in. >> the connections to the past and past presidents is always so fun it look at and so amazing how there are so many similarities. when we get
a bit of mythology but people call it the second term curse and certainly in our lifetimes, richard nixon felt that when he had watergate. and certainly george w. bush must have felt the second term curse when in october of '0 , the economy tanked on him. you don't want to act like -- it's better to try to do one or two key things. with that said, i think this president like just the way eisenhower in his second term was able to talk about nasa and get nasa created, we might be able to do...
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kennedy, nixon had the driver about 3:00 that day, about to lose the driver. take me to the capitol building. the sun was going down and stood overlooking that place looking down. looked down over the mall. he said, i'll be back. >> wow. >> these guys -- >> lost to kennedy? >> yeah. >> better off. that's how you learn these things, reverend. i am in love with that picture because it shows that barack can be so high above and sort of ways of his. i don't have the regular concerns of people. that see? like anybody would be doing there. just this is the moment that i worked for and there it is. it's going to go away. going back to fighting again tomorrow morning. >> that's so like him, though. >> do you think? >> yes, i do. all of us have been in the meeting with the president one time or another. one thing that strikes me is he consumes the room. very little that happens that -- very little that is said that he doesn't consume. >> look at this. >> this is the president in front of the statue of martin luther king in statuary hall making a point to make this one
kennedy, nixon had the driver about 3:00 that day, about to lose the driver. take me to the capitol building. the sun was going down and stood overlooking that place looking down. looked down over the mall. he said, i'll be back. >> wow. >> these guys -- >> lost to kennedy? >> yeah. >> better off. that's how you learn these things, reverend. i am in love with that picture because it shows that barack can be so high above and sort of ways of his. i don't have the...
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and richard nixon was at 4.9. >> brian: putting it in perspective, knowing the challenges were different for each president, john meacham, an historian, wrote the book on jefferson, weighed in with bill o'reilly. >> the most important line and not in the speech, it's the fall in media household income over the last 12 years. without rectifying that, this will be an unmemorable presidency and potentially a significantly -- >> how is he going to do that in three years? how is he gog remedy that, turn that around so that the regular folks start to make more money? it seems to me almost inconceivable. almost impossible with his policies. >> with his policies. but i think we're all to blame here. i really do. i think that a lot of people don't want to heart hard truth. people don't want to pay more tax. they don't want to see these cuts. they don't want to embrace the simpson bowles kind of proposals. these are hard choices. but guess what? you and i didn't run for president. he sought the job. it is now his solemn responsibility and i think he is a good man and i think you agree with that. i
and richard nixon was at 4.9. >> brian: putting it in perspective, knowing the challenges were different for each president, john meacham, an historian, wrote the book on jefferson, weighed in with bill o'reilly. >> the most important line and not in the speech, it's the fall in media household income over the last 12 years. without rectifying that, this will be an unmemorable presidency and potentially a significantly -- >> how is he going to do that in three years? how is he...
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in nixon's case-- and i think bob woodward can speak on this, too-- at the beginning of his time he had both houses of congress in democratic hands. he was turning to something called impoundment saying i'm just not going to spend the money for these bills, these acts, these agencies that democrats are voting for in the house and senate and even in the absence of watergate it's possible that that could have gone to impeachment. >> rose: jon meacham in nashville, thomas jonathan van everyson after a successful first term in which the louisiana purchase was dominant he goes into the second term and what happens? >> well his second inaugural address is largely an attack on the press so he set a tone there. every subsequent president has wanted to do that, may not have pulled it off. he ran into the possibility of war with great britain and imposed what many historians believed to be-- beginning with henry adams-- a disastrous economic embargo that expanded the power of the presidency in ways that would have made the -- a younger thomas jefferson's head explode. the president literally had
in nixon's case-- and i think bob woodward can speak on this, too-- at the beginning of his time he had both houses of congress in democratic hands. he was turning to something called impoundment saying i'm just not going to spend the money for these bills, these acts, these agencies that democrats are voting for in the house and senate and even in the absence of watergate it's possible that that could have gone to impeachment. >> rose: jon meacham in nashville, thomas jonathan van...
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>> twice as bad as nixon during watergate. >> you know what? maybe allen west was right when he said 78 to 81 members of the democratic party were communist. >> and they would like it better if they were. >> i thought it was 57. 57 heinz flavors. manchurian candidate. >> we look forward to these next couple rounds, right? just focus on this one thing, on the debt ceiling debate, right? republicans are going to -- they think that the debt ceiling is their lempverage going towards e spending stuff. the president has, what, a 58% approval rating right now? the congressional republicans, the congress in general has a 9% approval rating. so when president obama says i will not negotiate over raising the debt ceiling and the congressional republicans say this is going to be our leverage, who do you think wins that pifight? >> so here's the problem. we had the fiscal cliff, and everybody said the president had the leverage. the president didn't have the leverage. that's the crazy thing. he never had the leverage. that's why i was saying all along, the
>> twice as bad as nixon during watergate. >> you know what? maybe allen west was right when he said 78 to 81 members of the democratic party were communist. >> and they would like it better if they were. >> i thought it was 57. 57 heinz flavors. manchurian candidate. >> we look forward to these next couple rounds, right? just focus on this one thing, on the debt ceiling debate, right? republicans are going to -- they think that the debt ceiling is their lempverage...
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perhaps the most infamous one was 1973 with richard nixon when he ordered the park service to spray all the trees with basically a form of bird be gone, it was called roost no more. and didn't want them on the parade goers, and the pidgeons ate it and they were falling on top of people because they were sick. >> megyn: more like live no more. >> live no more. >> bret: let me read you some of the major headlines. washington post, obama strikes notes of bipartisanship, and emphasizes liberal economic treems. new york times, obama cites nation's ideals and calls for progress in face of divisions. chicago tribune. obama calls for collective action. l.a. times, obama uses inauguration to spotlight policy pledges. politico, obama testifies to the power of government. boston globe, marking the start of second term obama calls for unity and action. john, you were out front there. your take on this speech and kind of what you thought. >> we knew going in there was going to be a call for common ground on certain issues, not on every issue. the president feels he needs to take the lead on certain
perhaps the most infamous one was 1973 with richard nixon when he ordered the park service to spray all the trees with basically a form of bird be gone, it was called roost no more. and didn't want them on the parade goers, and the pidgeons ate it and they were falling on top of people because they were sick. >> megyn: more like live no more. >> live no more. >> bret: let me read you some of the major headlines. washington post, obama strikes notes of bipartisanship, and...
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of course, after '64 nixon was able to pull the republican party back to center. >> 1984, democrats were off the deep end. and that's when bill clinton and like you said the dlc brought them together. here's the really disturbing thing. i remember, mike, back in 1995, a lot of people were talking about colin powell running for president. and i didn't want colin powell to run for president. he was a moderate. i was a conservative. but it wasn't the entire party and me against colin powell. like there were moderates in the center of the party. and we had this very positive give and take. >> what's happened? >> this tug. >> what's happened? >> the moderates in the party have collapsed. >> where are those voices coming from? >> i am now considered by a lot of the right-wing looneys to be a moderate, to be a, quote, rino. anybody that's listened to anything i've said on taxes, on the budget, on the fiscal cliff, i mean, i think my party made a horrible mistake on the fiscal cliff, and yes, i would stare at the president on a government shutdown and say, yeah, maybe shutting down the governmen
of course, after '64 nixon was able to pull the republican party back to center. >> 1984, democrats were off the deep end. and that's when bill clinton and like you said the dlc brought them together. here's the really disturbing thing. i remember, mike, back in 1995, a lot of people were talking about colin powell running for president. and i didn't want colin powell to run for president. he was a moderate. i was a conservative. but it wasn't the entire party and me against colin powell....
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reagan's 1981 address, bill clinton in 1993, dwight eisenhower in 1957, harry truman, 1949, 1969, richard nixon, john f. kennedy in 1961. george h.w. bush in 1989, lyndon johnson from 1965, president jimmy carter in 1977, and we will wrap up the night at 11:00 eastern with president george w. bush speech from 19 -- from 2001. >> i barack hussein obama do solemnly swear that i will execute the office of president of the an ad states faithfully -- >> when chief justice john roberts administered the oath to barack obama on january 20, 2009, there was a major problem. roberts was supposed to say "that i will faithfully execute the office of president of united states. then barack obama stops, paused, smiled, as if to say, "c'mon, man, this is my big day, you got to get this right." unfortunately, he did not get it right, so the very next night in the white house, they did it again. this time roberts used notes which he had not used the first time, and they got it right. >> the history of democracy's big day, monday at 8:00 a.m. part of a three-day holiday "book tv."c-span's >> the house in for a br
reagan's 1981 address, bill clinton in 1993, dwight eisenhower in 1957, harry truman, 1949, 1969, richard nixon, john f. kennedy in 1961. george h.w. bush in 1989, lyndon johnson from 1965, president jimmy carter in 1977, and we will wrap up the night at 11:00 eastern with president george w. bush speech from 19 -- from 2001. >> i barack hussein obama do solemnly swear that i will execute the office of president of the an ad states faithfully -- >> when chief justice john roberts...
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that line was so telling because there's such a departure from the carter years and even ford and nixon before it. it was the culmination of really, 20 years of conservative philosophy starting with barry goldwater and set the tone for the reagan presidency, it wasn't about government, it was about people and about winning the cold war. >> steve: sure, and the speech that the president of the united states is going to give tomorrow. we understand he's been walking around with a yellow legal pad and making notes and only thing i've heard per se, i want to hear what you heard, it's going to be shorter than the last one. what do you hear about the president is going to intend to say tomorrow. >> yeah, it's short letter. most second inaugural speeches are shorter. lincoln's second was short and washington's, i think it's shorter, more concise and the president, if he wants to create a memorable inaugural needs one or two things. it's not a state of the union, not a laundry list, it's one or two themes, if he talked about fixing the broken politics in washington, which we know is hackneyed a
that line was so telling because there's such a departure from the carter years and even ford and nixon before it. it was the culmination of really, 20 years of conservative philosophy starting with barry goldwater and set the tone for the reagan presidency, it wasn't about government, it was about people and about winning the cold war. >> steve: sure, and the speech that the president of the united states is going to give tomorrow. we understand he's been walking around with a yellow...
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richard nixon, on this day 40 years ago, richard nixon was planning to have a democratic congress with both programs he didn't like, he would just not spend the money to fund them. >> as we watch the current leadership of congress assemble for the next round of introductions, david gregory, do you make much of this new reach out of cooperation, as we go into this second term? >> well, i think there's room. i think that republicans are signaling that they'll fight the president, but they're trying to figure out the best way to do that. and they don't want to get head to head with him in ways that they have before. they just voted to increase taxes for the first time in a generation. that's hard for republicans to do. they decided to get off the track of fighting him on raising the debt ceiling. they're still going to negotiate that path. they have to vote, look at the first daughter. reflect the public's desire. cut government spending to compromise while thinking ahead to their own political calendar and trying to push the president where they can, where they think it's appropriate. >>
richard nixon, on this day 40 years ago, richard nixon was planning to have a democratic congress with both programs he didn't like, he would just not spend the money to fund them. >> as we watch the current leadership of congress assemble for the next round of introductions, david gregory, do you make much of this new reach out of cooperation, as we go into this second term? >> well, i think there's room. i think that republicans are signaling that they'll fight the president, but...
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. >> and both of nixon's there was disruption in the street. not just rock throwing, but in the 69 inauguration 89 people were arrested. jimmy carter said it's a new world, and vietnam is behind us, and started walking the street, and it set a precedent, because he walked the entire way down. there's a nightmare for secret service. in subsequent years, bill clinton and george bush they got out and walk a little bit. you never want them to know when you're going to do this. but the people want to see the president and the first lady walk a spiel. >> jimmy carter wanted to be the man of the people. throughout that campaign he always carried his own garment bag. that was always the photo you got of him carrying the garment bag over his shoulder. so a lot of that came from that. i was there. secret service went absolutely nuts about it. they didn't want to do it at all. but carter was determined about things like that. you're right. i was also there in '69 when president nixon got up there just as you turn on pennsylvania avenue and go around the t
. >> and both of nixon's there was disruption in the street. not just rock throwing, but in the 69 inauguration 89 people were arrested. jimmy carter said it's a new world, and vietnam is behind us, and started walking the street, and it set a precedent, because he walked the entire way down. there's a nightmare for secret service. in subsequent years, bill clinton and george bush they got out and walk a little bit. you never want them to know when you're going to do this. but the people...
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nixon in watergate. you saw president clinton, with monica lewinsky. there's also times when you see opportunities to do something really big. you saw that with ronald reagan. ronald reagan did not meet with mikhail gorbachev until the first year in his second term in office. this is two years after calling the soviet union an evil empire. he struck up a famously productive relationship with mikhail gorbachev that led to a softening in relations between our countries, and the easing of tensions as the berlin wall fell. >> as we watch this procession, i want to see if reena ninan can hear us now. she is right there from the white house. >> hi, diane. good to see you guys. this is where the party is supposed to end, at lafayette park. the president taking off right now. i'm told the motorcade is moving slowly behind us. there are multiple parts of the motorcade, as you can imagine. the president, at one point, will be walking the streets, when he comes to make his way to this viewer station. wherever you are, you are probably at the best possible spot to
nixon in watergate. you saw president clinton, with monica lewinsky. there's also times when you see opportunities to do something really big. you saw that with ronald reagan. ronald reagan did not meet with mikhail gorbachev until the first year in his second term in office. this is two years after calling the soviet union an evil empire. he struck up a famously productive relationship with mikhail gorbachev that led to a softening in relations between our countries, and the easing of tensions...
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carter that he was being a people's president as opposed to the interior guard that has surrounded nixon. so he's walking, aimless, there is a sense of exuberance and a sense that something exciting is happening. it was a great moment. it was very smart dramatically for him to do that. >>> nearly 16 million people visit washington, d.c. every year. some come to witness, some to be heard. we come to make an impact. to learn from leaders, and to lead others. to create and create change. we are the george washington university. we come to make history. 'm getti. planning a life. there are risks, sure. but, there's no reward without it. i want to be prepared for the long haul. i see a world bursting with opportunities. india, china, brazil, ishares, small-caps, large-caps, ishares. industrials. low cost. every dollar counts. ishares. income. dividends. bonds. i like bonds. ishares. commodities. diversification. choices. my own ideas. ishares. i want to use the same stuff the big guys use. ishares. 9 out of 10 large, professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. introducing the ishare
carter that he was being a people's president as opposed to the interior guard that has surrounded nixon. so he's walking, aimless, there is a sense of exuberance and a sense that something exciting is happening. it was a great moment. it was very smart dramatically for him to do that. >>> nearly 16 million people visit washington, d.c. every year. some come to witness, some to be heard. we come to make an impact. to learn from leaders, and to lead others. to create and create change....